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Brazilian President Joao Goulart held a press conference at the United Nations in New York, April 6 - the fourth day of his official visit to the United States.

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Brazilian President Joao Goulart held a press conference at the United Nations in New York, April 6 - the fourth day of his official visit to the United States.

He told his listeners that foreign-owned public utilities companies which had been expropriated in his country had established 'friction' centres damaging to the Brazilian people. This was impairing Brazil's relations with the parent countries of these companies. Whilst acknowledging that these companies had rendered 'some service' to Brazil, he sad they were no longer doing so.